:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 18 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 109 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1455 N05W78 212 0030 Cao 05 03 Beta 1459 S15E40 094 0150 Dao 09 11 Beta 1460 N16E26 ...Continue Reading

April 17, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-120 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR GARVER SPEAKS ABOUT NASA'S FUTURE AT DISCOVERY ARRIVAL WASHINGTON -- "Following are excerpts from remarks given by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver at the arrival of the space shuttle Discovery at Dulles International Airport on Tuesday, April 17: "Discovery was the longest-serving veteran of NASA's space shuttle fleet. Her maiden ...Continue Reading

April 17, 2012 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-119 NASA CONTINUES ORION PARACHUTE TESTING FOR FUTURE TEST FLIGHT HOUSTON -- NASA today successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital flight test, Exploration Flight Test -1, in 2014. Orion will car ...Continue Reading

April 17, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-114 NASA SELECTS SCIENCE INSTRUMENT UPGRADE FOR FLYING OBSERVATORY WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected a science instrument upgrade to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) airborne observatory. The instrument, the High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera (HAWC), will provide a sensitive, versatile and reliable imaging capability to the SOFIA user community. The upgrade involves ...Continue Reading

April 17, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-118 NASA'S SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM RECEIVES SPACE FOUNDATION AWARD WASHINGTON -- NASA's social media team has received the Space Foundation's Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award, which is presented annually to an individual, team or organization that has made significant contributions to public awareness and understanding of space programs. The award was presented on Monday ...Continue Reading

April 13, 2012 ESA Envisat satellite no longer sending data. After 10 years of service, the European Space Agency (ESA) Envisat has stopped sending data to Earth. Since April 8th, ESA’s mission control has been working to re-establish contact with the satellite, but while Envisat remains in a stable orbit around Earth these efforts have not been successful. See this announcement from ESA: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMQ2EHWP0H_index_0.html This data stoppage affects a n ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST OFF THE LIBYA COAST Dust plumes blew off the coast of Libya, over the Khalij Surt (Gulf of Sirte) and the Mediterranean Sea, in mid-April 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77675&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 16, 2012 (Posted on Apr 16, 2012 5:14 PM) DUST STORM IN NEW MEXICO O ...Continue Reading

April 17, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Ray Villard / Cheryl Gundy Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4514 / 410-338-4707 villard@stsci.edu / gundy@stsci.edu RELEASE: 12-117 HUBBLE'S 22ND ANNIVERSARY IMAGE SHOWS TURBULENT STAR-MAKING REGION WASHINGTON -- Several million young stars are vying for attention in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, a star-forming complex located ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 149 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TELEVISION TO AIR MOVEMENTS OF SPACE STATION CARGO SHIPS 2. NASA ANNOUNCES 16TH UNDERSEA EXPLORATION MISSION DATES AND CREW 3. NASA'S ORION SPACECRAFT TO APPEAR ALONGSIDE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:04:17 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TELEVISION TO AIR MOVEMENTS OF SPACE STATION CARGO SHIPS April 16, 2012 Kelly Humphries Jo ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1887 Issue Time: 2012 Apr 17 0501 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1886 Begin Time: 2012 Apr 14 0300 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6527 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading